Kanchanaburi binturong hunter jailed

[snoop1130]

Kanchanaburi binturong hunter jailed

By Suphot Kaewkasi 
The Nation

 

File photo: Tata

 

The Kanchanaburi Provincial Court on Wednesday handed down a jail term of three years and seven months plus a Bt2,000 fine to the 41-year-old Myanmar Kareni man identified only as Tata over his shooting of a binturong in Sai Yok National Park last October.

 

The judge initially handed seven year and two month term to Tata, who worked as a caretaker at the Tao Dam Monastery in Tambon Karjae, Kanchanaburi's Sai Yok district, but halved the term because the judge took into consideration his guilty plea and confession during the preliminary session on January 24.

 

The judge on January 24 listed the charges filed against all the case's 13 defendants, including camping out overnight, carrying guns, shooting the binturong in the Khao Plu forest within a national park and possession of the carcass. The seven defendants, including Tata, had pleaded guilty.

 

Six Thais, including two women Sriwichit Ditchaem and Arun Saengsai, and males Tassadanai Khokrachok, Jirachai Tantiwattanasit, Prasan Temthanan and Somkiat Pengnaren, were each given suspended two-year jail terms. 

 

Another six Thai male defendants, including deputy district chief for defence at Dam Makham Tia district office Watcharachai Sameerak, who denied the charges, would face trial on April 22 when evidence would be reviewed. 

 

Other defendants to stand trial along with Watcharachai are Chatchai Kohloy, Sunthorn Macharoenrungreung, Sakan Kaengluang, Anusorn Reun-ngam and Thaworn Siangliew.

 

Thirteen suspects had been detained and released on bail but a 14th suspect, a Burmese man named Jenra or Jira, allegedly joined the hunting party. He remains at large, according to the authorities.

 

This case had also led to Watcharachai's temporary dismissal from the civil service by Kanchanaburi Governor Jeerakiat Bhumsawat, pending the results of a disciplinary probe and criminal investigation. 

 

Two Dan Makham Tia defence volunteers, Sakan and Anusorn, have also been suspended from work without pay pending the results of the investigation.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30365301

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-06

[tracker1]

would have been better off to shoot a Black Panther !

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Six Thais, including two women Sriwichit Ditchaem and Arun Saengsai, and males Tassadanai Khokrachok, Jirachai Tantiwattanasit, Prasan Temthanan and Somkiat Pengnaren, were each given suspended two-year jail terms. 

 

Another six Thai male defendants, including deputy district chief for defence at Dam Makham Tia district office Watcharachai Sameerak, who denied the charges, would face trial on April 22 when evidence would be reviewed. 

 

Other defendants to stand trial along with Watcharachai are Chatchai Kohloy, Sunthorn Macharoenrungreung, Sakan Kaengluang, Anusorn Reun-ngam and Thaworn Siangliew.

 

The Myanmarese man gets jail while Thai get suspension?

Nice to see an even playing field.

[Elkski]

How many serious guns like that sniper rifle are in Thailand?  With a noise suppressor.   I'm thinking some rich hunters have really been using Thailand forests as private hunting ground for centuries. 

[Yellowtail]

What makes you think it's a serious sniper rifle?

 

The POC noise suppressor looks like a high school kid made it in shop-class... 

[canopy]

15 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The Myanmarese man gets jail while Thai get suspension?

 Nice to see an even playing field.

Wrong. Try reading the article. It says the Burma guy pleaded guilty. It says the Thai guy is going to trial next month. The thai guy was also suspended from his job due to the arrest which is a surprisingly good move.

 

10 hours ago, Elkski said:

 I'm thinking some rich hunters have really been using Thailand forests as private hunting ground for centuries. 

It's the poor that are the big problem hunting in the forests. But anytime a rich person does it it becomes huge news and everyone jumps up and down condemning how horrible they are. I could show you a poor old guy who hunts and has killed black panthers. Do yo care? Of course not. Nobody does because he's poor. He can take as many as he wants and no one cares. I wish there was an equal playing field.

 

[Elkski]

Do poor have scoped rifles with silencers? 

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, Elkski said:

Do poor have scoped rifles with silencers? 

A single-shot rifle with sg scope, and a homemade silencer?

 

So it's your position that the Burmese poacher is actually a rich westerner?